Risk Assessment

Identify, prioritize, and mitigate architectural risks through systematic assessment and planning.

Instructions

1. Identify Risks: Technical, operational, business, market risks
2. Assess: Likelihood and impact for each
3. Prioritize: Focus on high likelihood × high impact risks
4. Mitigate: Strategies to reduce risk (accept, mitigate, avoid, transfer)
5. Monitor: Track risk status throughout project

Anti-Patterns

• No Risk Planning: "Hope it works." Result: surprised when problems appear. Guard: Explicit risk matrix.
• Ignoring Mitigation: Identify risk but don't plan response. Guard: Every risk has mitigation strategy.

Further Reading